Creamy Rutabaga Soup Recipes

CREAMY ROASTED RUTABAGA SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C).
• Place the rutabaga chunks on a baking sheet. Drizzle with 4 tablespoons olive oil and season with salt and pepper to taste. Roast for 35-45 minutes until the rutabaga is soft and slightly browned.
• Meanwhile, heat the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil and butter in a medium pot. Add the onion, celery, and carrot, and saute for 5 minutes until the onion is soft and translucent.
• Add the ground nutmeg, roasted rutabaga, and hot vegetable stock. Simmer for 15-20 minutes. Use an immersion blender to puree the soup until smooth or transfer to a blender that can process hot liquids.
• Either stir in the heavy cream now or add it separately when serving. Give a taste and add more salt and pepper, if needed. Serve garnished with fresh chopped parsley, if desired.

CREAMY RUTABAGA SOUP

Steps:

• When peeling the rutabaga, take a thick layer from the vegetable. You can double peel it, first removing the outer layer and then peeling again to reach the creamy yellow interior.
• In a large, heavy-bottomed pot, cook the bacon over low heat to render the fat. Watch the bacon to make sure it doesn't become too crisp. This will take 15 to 20 minutes, but check often and lower the heat if the edges of the bacon begin to burn. While the bacon fat is coming off of the meat, prep the rest of your vegetables (chop the potato into larger pieces than the rutabaga; they cook a lot faster.)
• Add the onion, carrot, celery, bay leaf and thyme to the bacon meat and bacon fat. Cover and sweat these vegetables about half hour. Stir often, and keep the heat low.
• Add the potatoes, the rutabaga, and enough water or stock to cover all the vegetables. Raise the heat to medium. Cook the soup for about 1 hour 15 minutes to 1 hour 30 minutes. The rutabaga pieces must be very soft when done: you should be able to smash them between your fingers.
• Let the soup cool to just warm, and purée using an immersion blender, Vitamix (don't froth too much air into it), or food mill.
• Pass the puréed soup through a mesh screen or fine strainer and press using a ladle or large spoon. Discard the gummy starches and proteins that collect. Return the soup to the pan and reheat it, seasoning well with salt and pepper.

CREAM OF RUTABAGA SOUP

Steps:

• Cook bacon until crisp in a large pot.
• Remove bacon from pot, crumble and set aside.
• Saute onions, celery and garlic in bacon grease for 5 minutes.
• Add rutabaga, potato, chicken stock, sugar, salt and pepper. Cover and simmer 30 minutes.
• Blend using hand blender in pot or blend in blender in batches. Return to pot if blended in blender.
• Stir in milk.
• Heat gently to serving temperature, do not boil.
• Garnish with bacon and enjoy.

CREAMY RUTABAGA SOUP

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, saute onion and celery in butter until tender. Add the rutabagas, rice, water and 2-1/2 cups broth. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 25-35 minutes or until rutabagas are tender., In a blender, cover and process soup in batches until smooth. Return all to the pan. Stir in the milk, salt, pepper and remaining broth; heat through (do not boil). Garnish servings with sour cream and chives.

RUTABAGA SOUP

Steps:

• Put all the ingredients except the rice into a pot and bring to a boil; add the rice, cover and lower the heat; simmer until vegetables are very soft, about 50 minutes.
• In batches, puree the cooked mixture in a food processor until very, very smooth; return to a storage container, add salt and pepper to taste and refrigerate overnight.
• Reheat gently before serving.